Read Patrick Madden's essay, "The Infinite Suggestiveness of Common Things". This essay can be found on our class webpage under SLCC documents. The excerpt comes from his book of nonfiction entitled Quotidiana.

After reading , respond to the prompts below in a thoughtful and well written response. Be sure to put your name and period in the title.

Assignment: In a paragraph (about 200 words) respond to either the author (what do you find interesting about his take on essays), or write a response on how you personally view his perspective. Refer to specific parts (passages or quotations) of the essay as you reflect and respond. or write a reflection as the post/article relates to you personally.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Ali Niederhauser period 5.

"Words and writing are one way that we tap into our soul and ideas—words are a connection device between humans, a way to tell stories and share parts of ourselves with other people."
Writing is an act of bravery each of us have a different story to tell. Whether  it hurts to read or find yourself lost between the lines, our story must be shared.   Writing is difficult for each and everyone one of us. Reading this article showed me that I can write just as well as anyone else. Writing isn't my strongest suit. I am afraid of writing my own story, I don't want to know my story. But the only way I can accept my writing is to continue on.Sarah Pecks article " Darkness and Light", helped me understand the truth in writing. We write to discover, to explore our ideas an emotions, no matter how we feel, write them down. That's how to become a better writer.

2 comments:

  1. I love your thoughts and emotions behind your piece. I really felt like I could connect with what you're saying; I struggle with writing my own story as well I feel like everyone does, so you're not alone. You have skills to become a great writer! I loved your word choice (explore, discover) and your phrasing rocked (find yourself lost).

    Tara Furlong, period 5.

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  2. 'Finding myself lost.' I love that. It's such a perfect description that's ironic in sense, but understandable in meaning. I also agree that we're all not as bad of writers as we thought we were!

    Savannah Angle, 1st

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